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Recent Examples of mobbed
Grocery stores across North Texas have been mobbed by shoppers buying meat, milk, water and other supplies to carry them through three or four days of hunkering down this weekend.
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Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
He was mobbed by teammates while a crowd that was rocking earlier watched in near silence.
—Andrew Seligman, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2026
He was mobbed by teammates while a crowd that was rocking earlier watched in near silence.
—Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
The Raiders mobbed kicker Daniel Carlson after his game-winner split the uprights in Sunday’s season finale in Las Vegas, to the point of knocking him to the ground.
—Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Harenstam, a sixth-round pick by the Blues, was named the top goalie of the tournament and was mobbed by the rest of his stick and glove-throwing teammates in a massive megapile.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Less than two minutes later, Eruzione scored what was eventually the game-winning goal and was mobbed on the ice.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
But in tough conditions, the 41-year-old got just enough on the football to bounce back from an earlier miss and was mobbed at midfield by his teammates as the Jets fans in a drenched and half-empty MetLife Stadium went wild.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Fans mobbed him like a Hollywood star.
—Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026
He was mobbed by teammates while a crowd that was rocking earlier watched in near silence.
—Andrew Seligman, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2026
He was mobbed by teammates while a crowd that was rocking earlier watched in near silence.
—Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
The Raiders mobbed kicker Daniel Carlson after his game-winner split the uprights in Sunday’s season finale in Las Vegas, to the point of knocking him to the ground.
—Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Harenstam, a sixth-round pick by the Blues, was named the top goalie of the tournament and was mobbed by the rest of his stick and glove-throwing teammates in a massive megapile.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Less than two minutes later, Eruzione scored what was eventually the game-winning goal and was mobbed on the ice.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
But in tough conditions, the 41-year-old got just enough on the football to bounce back from an earlier miss and was mobbed at midfield by his teammates as the Jets fans in a drenched and half-empty MetLife Stadium went wild.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
Fans mobbed him like a Hollywood star.
—Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobbed
Verb
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Central Floridians still flocked to the market despite the chilly temperatures.—
Roger Simmons,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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In 1992, adults and children flocked to Dallas City Hall to demand the construction of a library in the Kleberg-Rylie neighborhood that had been approved by the city seven years prior.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Meta appears to be struggling to catch up in a field crowded with rivals who have demonstrated much greater success in developing AI models – notably Google’s Gemini, Anthropic’s Claude, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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More than twenty‑five thousand people crowded into Shibe Park, including throngs of young people who made the gathering feel more like a festival than a political convention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Mobbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobbed. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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